Folding fish-landing net.



Lmmwm S. VAN HORN.

FOLDING FISH LANDING NET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.19, 1916.

Pateilted Sept. 18, 1917.

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FOLDING rien-LANDING NET.

eee-eee Application alefiliiecember 19, 191e.

To `all whom t concern: t t

Be it Lknown f that y I, CHARLES `VAN `HORNa a citizen of the United States, residing at Los `Angelesrin Vtlie county ofdLcs Angeles and State of California, have `invented new and useful Improvements `in Folding vl `ish,-Landingv Nets, which the.

following is a speciiication.

y'lhis invention relates to a trout net `and particularly. pertainsto the construction of a foldable fish" landing n et. A

`lt is the principal object of this invention to provide a landing net tohbe used while Fishing and which is so constriietednstofbe easily carried in a foldedV condition and to be readily Yopene ,dwhen desired.

Another object otthis invention is to provide a locking, means which will act `simultaneously with the movement of .t the Operator to open lthe net and t which is so `constructed asY to bereadily released incase of few operative parts so constructed and t designed as not to be readily broken or become otherwise inoperative.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated, by way of eX- ample, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in plan elevation illustiating the net in its folded position and further discloses, by a dotted line, the opened position of the ne Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation illustrating the net as closed and showing the manner in which it is grasped by the hand of the operator to be brought to an opened and locked position. I

Fig. 3 is a view in elevationand section as seen in plan and as illustrating the actuating and locking mechanism provided by the net.

Referring more particularly7 to the drawings, 10 indicates a handle which is designed of a length to readily permit it to be grasped by the hand and is not formed with Specficatioifof Letters Patent.

along extension, as most troutV landing nets are constructed. `[Ihislhandle is fitted with a ferrule 11 which is provided with a lateral channel bracket 12. @This bracket is adapted to receivcpivot pinsll and `111 which are positioned yuponwopposite.sides of thveflongitudinal center of the handle `and afford y mountingsffor stayI linls15`1and `16. These `links are provided as a mounting to which the net `stays 17 and,1`8` are'xed. ,These stays areflexible stripsofsteel and are `formed 65 with a. `series ofl perfoiations 19V along their lower edge through which the strands of `net 20 are looped. Theouter ends of thestays are provided with `enlarged"perforations 21 adapted to afford av Imounting` for `end :of chain 22, by which the expansive movement of the `stays Iis limited when the device is lin its `opened v position.

. The stays are adapted to be spread in relation to each other byineaiis vof spreading links 23 and 2-1 `whichare pivotedto the outer ends of tlielliiilsfland 1G bymnieans of pivot pins 2 5 and 26. The outerends of the spreading links areVpivoted upon suit- !'abqle pivot pinswithifna spreading channel 80 member 9.7 which is positioned between 'the "stays, iid is ofa wiidthto permit thesrstays and linlisto lie parallel to eachother when vthe net is in its closedcondition. Extensions are formed upon the upper and lower walls of the channel member to conne it upon the stays and permit it to slide therealong. It will be evident that the channel slides toward the handle the stays will be operated to the toggle motion of the stays and spreading links. In order to cause the net to spread properly a centering rod 28 is provided and fixed to the center of the channel member 27 from which point it extends rearwardly into a bore Q9 formed tlirougli- 95 out a portion of the length of the handle and in which it may reciprocate.

Pressure is exerted upon a thumb piece 30 to open the net, this piece being pivotally mounted upon the channel member 27 and 100 extending with the thumb piece 4forwardly therefrom. The thumb piece is provided with a locking plate 31 which extends rearwardly of the pivotal mounting 32 upon the channel and is formed with lock openings 33 and 34 which are adapted to be brought to register with upwardly extending ends upon the pins 13 and 14, previously de- This will exert pressure upon the thumb piece and the channel member 27 simultaneously, and will cause the locking plate 31 to swing upwardly and the link members adjacent each of the stays to swing outwardly as indicated in a dotted line position on Fig. 1.l This action will force the stays outwardly from each other equi-distant from the longitudinal center of the net. Their outward movement, however, will be limited by the chain 22 which will holdv the ends and'permit the rear portion of the Astays to become bowed. When the channel member 27 has moved to the limit of its rearward movement, the locking openings 33 and 54 upon the plate 31 will be directly over the upward extensions of the pins 13 and 14: and a slight movement of the thumb will cause these pins and `holes to register in a manner 'to lock the net in its open position. When it is desired to close the net slight pressure is exerted upon the thumb piece 30 Copies of this patent may be obtained'for cally maintained in the desired position. without further attention.

While I have shown the preferred construction of my foldable sh landing net as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the `spirit of my invention.

I claim:

l. `A folding fish landing net comprising a handle, a lateral channel bracket extending rforwardly from the handle,"stay links pivotally mounted in the channel of the bracket and extending forwardly, 'spring net stays secured to the stay links, a net secured to the stays, spreading links connected to the forward ends of the stay links, a spreading channel member mounted between the stays and connected to the forward ends of the spreading links, a centering rod extending from the spreading channel member slidingly into the handle, and a thumb-piece pivotally mounted upon the spreading channel member and adapted to lock with the lateral channel bracket.

2. In a landing net, a handle, ynet stays pivotally connected to the handle, a spreading member .between the stays and connected to the stays by toggle-joints, a centering rod extending from thespreading member slid ingly into the handle, and locking mechanism carried by the spreading member and adapted to be manipulated by a thumb and adapted to lock lwiththe handle mechanism.

In testimony whereof- I have signed my name to this specification.

cHAs. s. VAN HORN.

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